March for Education, expo planned for Saturday

A March for Education is scheduled to begin with speakers at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the San Diego Civic Center, then proceed through Little Italy and to Washington Elementary School.

A March for Education is scheduled to begin with speakers at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the San Diego Civic Center, then proceed through Little Italy and to Washington Elementary School. (File photo)

Gary Warth

San Diego will have its own version of a march in support of education Saturday, although it’s a bit different from similar ones planned nationally that day.

“We’re kind of the black sheep of the march that’s happening on July 22,” said Jabez LeBret, chairman of the March for Education, which is scheduled to begin with speakers at 10:15 a.m. at Civic Center Plaza, 1200 Third Ave., in downtown San Diego.

LeBret said the event is one of about 20 marches that have been organized around the large March for Public Education in Washington, D.C.

The website for the Washington, D.C. march states the event is in response to the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to fundamental of programs that serve children.

LeBret said organizers for the Washington, D.C. march oppose for-profit and private schools and do not want charter schools expanded. That stance doesn’t reflect the San Diego region’s diverse makeup of educational opportunities, he said.

LeBret said he and his wife plan to open a tuition-free, private boarding high school in North County for 350 students next year.

San Diego’s March for Education is not recognized in the March for Public Education’s website as an affiliated event.

Speakers at the San Diego event include San Diego Unified School District Executive Director of Secondary Schools Cheryl Hibbeln, author and education reform advocate Grant Lichtman, San Diego Workforce Partnership President and CEO Peter Callstrom and MakerCon Co-Chair Travis Good.

Following the speakers, a march will begin at about 11 a.m. and head through Little Italy and end at Washington Elementary School, 1789 State St., where an educational expo will be held until 3 p.m.

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